The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Near Snithville Man Finds Snake
Coiled About His Leg--Sheriff Hurst
Makes Watch Charm of the Bullet
With Which He Was Shot-Hangings
IN jefferson County.
GEORGIA.
Col Childs says that his gold mine near
Nacoochee is paying very well.
Thurston Toller was drowned while swim
ming at Sunday school picnic at Macon
Friday
Combs, the principal of the colored school
at Athens, has wife attending college in
Virginia.
A party in Athens built a 5000 house.
when he discovered that the titles to the
land on which it is ron ,tructed are not good.
Mr.. Bloomfield, of Athens, says he would
be glad if his factory hands adopted the ten
hour schedule, but they won't consent to the
arrangement.
shot into him by the burglar at Baconton
on his watch charm. 1t has been handsomely
encased in gold, the ball showing between
the gold clasps.
Mr.. Agee, of Greensboro, last week buried
three children in the same grave. They
died of dysentery. Two other children, all
that are left are sick, and one of them it is
Thought Will not recover.
A number of large real estate transac-
tons have taken place in Talapoosa within
the past week. and negotiations are pending
for other big deals A land and improve
ment company is being organized
One day last week L. A Vincent, of
Greensboro, killed four hawks, one rabbit
and partridge in three shots. The largest
hawk measured 4 feet 3 inches from tip to
tip, and the smallest 3 feet inches
There are two married students attending
college at Athens, one being the father of
children. His wife also attends or did at
tend recently one of our female Institutes
The husband is in the fresh class and the
wife in the junior.
The County Commissioners of Oconee
county met Wednesday and agreed to build
the new court house on the same place where
the old one stood. They purchased the lot
of S. o. Hutcherson, adjoining the court
house square, for $40 front foot.
Monday evenings mail brought to Lex
ington letter from New York addressed to
s'Any member of the family of George
year since Gov. Gilmer or any of his family
lived in Lexington. Some Of his family are
yet in Virginia, however, TO whom the
letter was forwarded.
Last week as one of the hands employed
by L. L. Evans, of Smithville, to cut wood
was telling a tree he felt something tighten
ing around his leg and looking down was
Mortified to find that he was standing on the
head of huge moccasin which had coiled
its body around him. He was not long in
extricating himself, when he fed the place
in terror.
Salt is certain death TO fowls Of any kind.
Tom Thornton, of Hartwell, lost over 100
Brown Leghorn and Plymouth Rock
chickens in one day by feeding them on
dough in which some one had put salt
without his knowledge A gentleman in
Athens lost nearly all of his chickens by
letting them feed around where cows had
been salted.
At M. A. divers plantation in Green
county day or two ago, a hawk dipped
down into the yard and caught four chickens
at once He was making off with his prey,
when negro ran out and set up such
hallowing he lost his grip and dropped all
the chickens in lump. Two of them were
dead. But the other two seemed none the
worse for their ride.
Mr.. Harris, who is experimenting E. D.
Northrup's farm near Greensboro, has in
his possession a watch charm which he
would like to return to the owner. The
charm was picked up on the battlefield of
Cold Harbor, June 2, 1864, and bears the
initials NJ. NJ. p, company N, Eighth
Georgia regiment. Any one recognizing the
hnliaiS Can Set Inc Cnkarl ny applying olu
proving ownership.
1t has been remarked several times that
the rock in Adairsville was valuable. An
old quarryman once said he would guaran-
tee 81 to S. clear on the rock that crops out
of the central part of the town. 1t was never
thought much of but it turns out now that
the town is built on bed of black marble
of the finest grade. 1t is susceptible of a
high polish. and there is no doubt about the
drrp i,fIifv- ac a9a ci1axvoilxa fhaY-a FIJI
have been standing some time.
Buena Vista Patriot: A flower rarely
seen in this section bloomed out in the flower
garden at the home of Prof. Forester few
days ago. 1t has somewhat the appearance
of a Gala lily, though the bloom has but one
large leaf of dark redish color, with a long
petal in its centre and extending above the
broad leaf. The flower if not known to the
professors family, but 1t is supposed to be q
dragons tongue. The odor is like unto a
dead cat, and is no doubt symbolical of the
foul breath of the dragon.
Miss Mary Ha. den, living on Hancock
avenue, Athens, has been at deaths door
for several days, and is not expected to live.
Miss Harden was at one time engaged To
Howard Payne, and is now in possession of
the original manuscript of Home, Sweet
Home, " that was given her by the author.
1t is reported that Miss Harden has left pro-
visions in her will to have this paper
together with number of letters written
her by Payne, inferred with her body. She
has horror of anyone seeing these tokens
of a dead love- Miss Harden is possessed OF
quite a snug little fortune
The protracted revival meeting that was
carried on at Eastman for two weeks at the
Methodist church by Rev. T. NJ. Christian
pastor OF that church, resulted in thirty-one
accessions to the church membership in
Eastman, twenty-four by professions OF
faith and seven by letter. One Of the best
features of the meeting was that, although
1t was Methodist revival carried on by a
Methodist minister in Methodist church,
yet when the doors Of the church were
opened the pastor invariably announced
that his purpose was not simply to convert
the people TO Methodism, but to get them to
unite themselves with any good Christian
denomination, hence he would receive their
applications for membership and give their
names to the pastor of any Christian church
they might wish to join. In response to
these invitations three persons applied for
membership in the Presbyterian church, two
for membership in the Baptist church, and
the rest Of the number above mentioned
joined the Methodist church
Tallapoosa Journal: NJ. NJ Land, of
Lime Branch, gave us a call yesterday, and
showed us a little stone more like n din